Friday, August 28, 2009

Seven Manatee County alums will suit up for the State College of Florida - formerly Manatee Community College - volleyball team, with five county high schools represented.Six of the players are freshmen. Manatee has two players on SCF's roster - Sara Sharpin (defensive specialist) and Brittany Wilson (outside hitter), as does Braden River - Sarah Tickner (outside hitter) and Lauren Earl (defensive specialist), who is a sophomore.Bayshore has Whitney McElhiney (setter), Palmetto will be represented by Jamie Goff (outside/middle blocker) and Lakewood Ranch sends Amanda Persails (defensive specialist) into the junior-college ranks.State College of Florida scrimmages at Clearwater tonight and opens the regular season 7 p.m. Thursday against visiting St. Petersburg College.

Chris Conboy will not return as Manatee's quarterbacks coach. With new head coach John Booth coaching the quarterbacks and John's...

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Prep Rally is all about high school sports in Manatee County. From baseball to basketball, softball to soccer, volleyball to track, swimming to wrestling and weightlifting, if they play it, you can read about it at Prep Rally.

The author, John Lembo, has covered prep sports for the Bradenton Herald since 2005.